Another commission, Art of War's 1/10 scale kit of Guts on horse back.It's an old kit released in 2001, but as the description presses; a really well produced kit.

For the base, I wanted to recreate the charge at Doldrey.The kit comes with 2 heads, one helm less smirking as hell and one helm clad one looking... well, bored.The commissioner decided to follow my idea transplanting the smirking face onto the helmed head:

As the kit is pretty big demanding a wide base and as Guts is charging into battle, I wanted to cram as many vital details as possible into the presentation.The commissioner agreed, and I came up with the idea of Guts jumping over a battle field obstacle:

For the presentation base I noticed that my old humidor lid was quite perfect size wise:

Some plaster of Paris, desert sand and a wash later:

Populating the base...

Stray arrows from distant archers:

A water barrel being crushed by the steed's right hoof: Water will be splashing further on...

And an abandoned shield + a halberd banner:

I got the inspiration for the shield from this manga frame:

The halberd banner/flag... well, I browsed the manga and the art book back and forth till I noticed this lil' banner in the art book. Quite suiting i think... The one to the far left. That - is - the - Swedish - Flag!!!

All, save the barrel dry mounted on the dry brushed base to look like this:

The scale is roughly 1/5 and the castings are PERFECT.All pieces are really clean and the details are awesome!There are small hints at seam lines which will be a breeze to clean up.

I've heard comments of her head being "too wide" and too big, but holding the face part (nice touch with the hair as a one piece cap, btw!!!) it's not that bad, though there is room for "improvements" if you're a basically skilled modeler.I think I will rather prolong her chin rather than carve away at the sides.Also, her torso feels a bit short, and this is a really easy fix by adding about 1cm (0,4") to the upper armor to better resemble the original drawing and even out her proportions.Here's a snap composite of what I am hinting at.

At a pricetag of $140 (+ shipping), this is a REALLY nice rendition of Casca and will; I am sure, paint up out of the box to a very nice statue.If you're willing to put a few hours extra work into her, she'll be an absolute Masterpiece!

A huge Thank You to Ehren (Silvia) for listening to us fans deciding to cast her.

All are in mint condition with no scratches on the CD's.One of the Cd's (Tank you) comes with a 66 page photo book.One of the Cd's come with a slip case (top left in the photos)All Cd's but one come with obi's.

Another Berserk commission, even from the same company as the last one I did though imho this one is infinitely cooler/better/bigger/badder etc etc...

<- yours truly

+ the prepwork is a walk in the park. Seam lines are pretty much non existent and the only dud was the rather big midpart of the cape which must've been taken out of the mould prior to cooling down.Enter hot water and some clamps and problem solved.

Quote from: commissioner

- I would like to have the pillar of rock extruding from a wider mound of larger rocks (boulders if you will).- The texture of the boulders should mimic the pillar (though the bigger the boulder, the less jagged the faces are).

Sure thing.Liquid rubber ftw!

I'll cast pieces with plaster of paris and stretch the rubber mould differently for each cast making the sections not so like each other.I'll also use some Woodland Scenics moulds I have + a few real stones.

Quote from: Commissioner

Eyes- Glittering red paint in the sockets, then covered it with a layer of clear gel, giving it a bit of depth, glow, and shine.- Basically, whatever makes the eyes stand out without being overly candy-apple red.

Will do.However .. the eyes as they are cast would need some alteration depth wise;I believe the *structure* in the eye slits will mess up what I have in mind, so with your permission I'll just groove them out to enhance the paint effects.

So, we've had this white wall with... nothing on by our computer since we moved to the new flat ~2 years ago.

Time to change that I thought, and got the Mrs' approval on a set-up design.

We enjoy gaming the both of us so I wanted to paint something on the wall to reflect that, yet being subtle enough to pass as a cool decoration.Well, I am a sucker for the Max Payne games. The second one has this really, really neat slipcase with gorgeous b/w illustrations on all sides, a~~nd...Well, like with our living room decoration, it felt just right.

Enter projector and 2½ hours later:

I did some shelves of oak and added a wide trim with down lights on top:

and a mood pic:

The Mrs jumped the shelves as soon as I had taken those pics and filled them with our since long tucked away games

as the subject line indicates.It's this kit.I thought I'd ask here to avoid hassles with YJA etc.I'd be open for trade for commission services where the kit could be part (down) payment.

As a side note, a while ago I was approached by a member of this board concerning this kit.Despite my *No Repeats!* rule/condition, I'd still take that commission as this is one kit I do want for myself in the end...

Yes, Grendelrt .. got your mail .. and I am still working on your Guts, no worries, haven't forgotten about'im; it just got put aside for some other things; like wedding planning and stuff. Oh, and because of this project of mine (it is a berserk kit .. of sorts ):

'Took a while, but I finally remembered to actually shoot this piece b4 I'm sending him back to the States... Though the lighting conditions in my flat (kitchen) suck royally, I hope you're satisfied with these pics... For more info and sort of more detailed shots, please check the Wip thread.

The commisioner (Ko Ninja) is NOW aware of what the wodden base looks like.

While I'm waiting for the wooden base for Zoddy boy to show up in the mail, I'm going to start prep work on this lil' beauty.

For the wooden base for this one, I'm going to need a high res scan of the brand, so if you find one about the net or if you could upload one somewhere it'd be much appreciated if you'd PM me with URL's.

I'm begining prep work tonight but there won't be any pics til I've come clear of that stage ...